Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what checks are in place to ensure that the United Kingdom does not provide a safe haven for corrupt individuals or human rights violators; and who carries out such checks.

We are determined not to provide a safe haven for those who have committed serious crimes, including serious violations of human rights in other countries. Article 1F of the Refugee Convention allows us to deny the benefits of international protection to those who are believed to have committed serious international crimes. All asylum claims are carefully vetted and where there is any reason to believe that the subject has committed a crime or act contrary to Article 1F a referral process ensures that the case is investigated by specialist teams.We will also exclude from entering the UK, or deport those whose presence we do not consider conducive to the public good. There are powers to refuse settlement and naturalisation where there is evidence of corruption or abuse of human rights.